I'm actually on the phone with your city clerk right now // Michigan reporter @VotebeatUS
Detroit, MI
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I want to talk elections and voting in Michigan — questions, comments, concerns, court docs, leaks, Weird Stuff — with you for @VotebeatUS.
Reach me:
📧: hharding@votebeat.org
☎️: 313-437-2115 (call or text — this is how to get me on my cell)
DMs are also open!
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Good morning Michigan! Beautiful day for statewide early voting to begin!
We have nine required days of early voting in these pleasant peninsulas. You can vote just as you would if you were voting in person on Election Day or you can go turn in your absentee!
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FINAL PUSH: "I think particularly for Detroit’s Black voters, President Obama is still this incredible, important figure to them and I think that will make a big deal especially for Abdul El-Sayed who voters have criticized for not making the inroads he needs to." @Hayley__Harding
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I am set to join this later this evening if you'd like to watch!
Tomorrow @specialreport will be live from Michigan talking to voters and candidates— don’t miss!
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Read the full story, which includes a link to the legal docs: votebeat.org/arizona/2026/10…
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My husband does this in my family group text and it's started infecting other members of my family. It is deeply charming
i have a friend who reacts to posts i send him with bespoke emojis. a post about burgers gets a 🍔 reaction. a post about bagels gets a 🥯 reaction. post about bugs? you guessed it. 🐛. it makes me feel so loved.
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At this time of year, there's a lot of social-media chatter about voting machines flipping votes. They're not. Here's what's really happening: apnews.com/article/vote-flip…
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I'd like to tell you a story about Michigan's elections that started in 2020 — maybe even earlier — and continues on to today.
This is the story of Antrim County Clerk Victoria Bishop.
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This will be huge for those of us (me) who will be streaming this from room in which Detroit's absentee ballots will be counted
Very excited we can announce this: NBC will be live for **13 hours** on Election Night/overnight, starting at 5pm.
And....concurrent with this...I am going to be doing the livestream!! That will go up at 5:30 and I'll stay on all night with results, results, results.
This is only happening because so many of you tuned in and helped us spread the word this primary season. Can't thank you all enough for that. I really hope you'll join us for what is going to be an epic, all-night experience - and again help us spread the word far and wide! Can't wait for 11/3!
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I Went Through A Year Of Trucker Randy Transcripts So You Don't Have To
Please take some time today to read @Hayley__Harding's wild tale of a local election official (with a MAGA talk show host husband) who tried to cancel a bunch of voters' registrations—and how the system caught her. votebeat.org/michigan/2026/1…
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Hayley Harding retweeted
A cautionary tale for voters in postmark states who mail their absentee ballots on Election Day: kgw.com/article/news/politic…
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I'd like to tell you a story about Michigan's elections that started in 2020 — maybe even earlier — and continues on to today.
This is the story of Antrim County Clerk Victoria Bishop.
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But Bishop (and her husband, conservative darling/talk radio host Trucker Randy) is unrepentant. She hasn't taken the steps needed to get her access to the voter roll back. She's not building relationships with her municipal clerks. It's not clear what she is doing.
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But Elections in Antrim County will go on without her. For @VotebeatUS, with support from @pulitzercenter: A clerk tried to remove voters from the rolls. How her county — and the state — stopped her. votebeat.org/michigan/2026/1…
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DOJ monitors are set to appear in Detroit, East Lansing, Flint, Grand Rapids, Hamtramck, Lansing and Warren next month as part of the federal government's monitoring effort of the midterms.
Monitors are normal, as a reminder!
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And in August, they were less invasive than the reporters and camera crews following them. More here from the primary: votebeat.org/michigan/2026/0…
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